Core Insight:
According to Osho, you cling to what hurts because it also feeds you—through hidden pleasures, hopes, ego props, and borrowed ideas of love (like jealousy proving you care). Nothing in life is pure misery; it is mixed with its opposite. The mind then rationalizes the clinging. By watching your suffering with alertness, seeing the payoffs and pretenses, attachment loosens and letting go becomes natural—even relieving.